On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Montaigne. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as writer or author and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Montaigne in a sentence
Montaigne meaning
- A surname from French, equivalent to English Mountain.
- Michel de Montaigne, a French philosopher
Using Montaigne
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname from French, equivalent to English Mountain. | Michel de Montaigne, a French philosopher
- Useful related words include: michel montaigne, michel eyquem montaigne, writer, author.
- In the example corpus, montaigne often appears in combinations such as: montaigne was, of montaigne, to montaigne.
Context around Montaigne
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 8 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Montaigne
- In this selection, "montaigne" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, musician, examined, 270, seems, traveled and referring stand out and add context to how "montaigne" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and musician montaigne and was and but like montaigne he has. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "montaigne" sits close to words such as abstention, actuarial and admonition, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with montaigne
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Experience was also a key element to learning for Montaigne. (10 words)
Essays, III, 13 After these first spartan years, Montaigne was brought back to the château. (15 words)
In his own lifetime, Montaigne was admired more as a statesman than as an author. (15 words)
Montaigne made himself the heir to the Roman Stoics in the 16th century, at a time when society was torn apart by civil wars and damaged by the plague; here again, the aim was to create a "back room" where one could cultivate one's inner self. (47 words)
That is a far cry from the claim that “we don’t need more dead white guys’ literature,” which Montaigne seems to greatly appreciate, referencing Seneca, Epictetus, Homer and even Lucretius (again) directly after Teegerstrom’s quote. (37 words)
And so a musician woke him every morning, playing one instrument or another, citation and an épinettier (with a zither ) was the constant companion to Montaigne and his tutor, playing a tune to alleviate boredom and tiredness. (37 words)
But, like Montaigne, he has earned the freedom to keep exploring new ways of expressing that? (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
Life Château de Montaigne, a house built on the land once owned by Montaigne's family.
Montaigne made himself the heir to the Roman Stoics in the 16th century, at a time when society was torn apart by civil wars and damaged by the plague; here again, the aim was to create a "back room" where one could cultivate one's inner self.
But, like Montaigne, he has earned the freedom to keep exploring new ways of expressing that?
An open letter supporting the bid to exclude police was signed by more than 1,000 people, including comedian Tom Ballard and musician Montaigne, and was published in October.
Montaigne was the nation’s choice after successfully fending off her rivals in a tightly-fought Australia Decides competition.
That is a far cry from the claim that “we don’t need more dead white guys’ literature,” which Montaigne seems to greatly appreciate, referencing Seneca, Epictetus, Homer and even Lucretius (again) directly after Teegerstrom’s quote.
After Fabri examined Montaigne's Essais the text was returned to its author on 20 March 1581.
And so a musician woke him every morning, playing one instrument or another, citation and an épinettier (with a zither ) was the constant companion to Montaigne and his tutor, playing a tune to alleviate boredom and tiredness.
Education Vol. 118 Issue 2, p.270 Montaigne’s views on the education of children were opposed to the common educational practices of his day.
Essays, III, 13 After these first spartan years, Montaigne was brought back to the château.
Experience was also a key element to learning for Montaigne.
From 1580 to 1581, Montaigne traveled in France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy, partly in search of a cure, establishing himself at Bagni di Lucca where he took the waters.
His father, Pierre Eyquem, Seigneur of Montaigne, was a French Catholic soldier in Italy for a time and had also been the mayor of Bordeaux.
In his own lifetime, Montaigne was admired more as a statesman than as an author.
In Hoffer's memoir, Truth Imagined, he said of Montaigne, "He was writing about me.
In time, however, Montaigne would come to be recognized as embodying, perhaps better than any other author of his time, the spirit of freely entertaining doubt which began to emerge at that time.
Kenkō described his short writings similarly to Montaigne, referring to them as "nonsensical thoughts" written in "idle hours".
Lescarbot's familiarity with Montaigne, is discussed by Ter Ellingson in The Myth of the Noble Savage.
Lévi-Strauss often referred to Montaigne 's essay on cannibalism as an early example of ethnology.
Montaigne believed that a child’s curiosity could serve as an important teaching tool when the child is allowed to explore the things that they are curious about.
Common combinations with montaigne
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- montaigne was 5×
- of montaigne 5×
- to montaigne 4×
- montaigne and 3×
- de montaigne 2×
- montaigne he 2×
- with montaigne 2×
- montaigne believed 2×
- montaigne ideas 2×
- montaigne that 2×